Thinking squared
Washington, DC metro map with deconstructing squares grid overlay.
Detail from Radio City Music Hall, NY. 20th century.
Floor detail at the National Zoo, Washington DC. 19th century.
Octogonal dome. San Xavier Mission, Arizon. 17th/18th century.
Spanish tile. For sale now.
Zellige mosaic in Chellah in Rabat. From Merinid dynasty, 13th/14th century.
Geometric construction of an eight-point star.
Roman mosaics in Villa Roman del Casale near Piazza Armenia, Siciliy. 320 BC
Persian chessboard. Now available on amazon.com.
Babylonian tablet showing the square root of 2. 1700 BC.
Indian temple grid. Oldest template dates to around 3000 BC
Symetry of eight inherent in astrology.
If you want words with this go to origins and meanings of the eight-point star.
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October 10th, 2009 at 7:30 am
I wish Martin were around so I could play chess with him.
December 23rd, 2009 at 10:58 pm
I reached some light body/enlightenment consciousness while I was looking at this huge 8 point star quilt on my wall and I bowed to the floor crying.. who put all these images together? ..just trying to understand my experience. -Eric en Maryland
December 23rd, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Did you read the article I wrote about the 8-point star? http://moroccandesign.com/eight-point-star
I’m reading Carl Jung “Man and His Symbols” right now. To quote “In the art of India and the Far East the four- or eight-rayed circle is the usual pattern of the religious images that serve as instruments of mediation…as a rule, these mandalas represent the cosmos in its relation to divine powers.”
Basically, it sounds like you had a really great meditation experience. I suggest you continue practicing it and when you do ask yourself the tough questions about feelings and all that. You have the answer on *all* of those.
December 23rd, 2009 at 11:21 pm
PS – I put the images together. I think of them as a language we – modern humans – forgot we could speak.